Ok i installed... it was talking about sum boot thing named lilo i was like wtf so i clicked make floppy but it failed so i guess it skipped it (i was told something about using grub). And then it wanted me to type root pass....but when i tried to type anything it didnt show.. so i left it blank. So i rebooted with the boot floppy i made, and at a command prompt type thing it said "darkstar username:" i typed root and pass i put blank. Then it said u have mail, and had some weird saying. Then it had sumthing like darkstar#`: and it wanted a command. Right there im stumped.

now you've gotto setup the graph.

type " #xorgconfig " wich will guide you setting up graphics .
then type "# xwmconfig " ( if your new, maybe kde is a good choice )
after that , type " #startx " and you should get a desktop.

egag

If you don't know much about your system you might try to set up X with xorgsetup instead of xorgconfig. Then follow the rest of the above.

I didnt see this and i just typed startupx my friend told me. IT LOOKS SO AWESOME. Problems i have:

1.)dont want to boot from floppy (it asked to install lilo, i picked floppy..and it failed so i think it skipped it)
2.)cant access internet (canceled outa network conifg cuz i had no idea what it was talking about)
3.) make root password

IM SO HAPPY

have you installed lilo ? ( type " # liloconfig " and choose "expert " mode , install in the mbr )

btw, is windows also on that box ?

network: try " # netconfig "

password: type " #passwd "

and...make a " user" account for yourself as you better not login ( and surely not go online ) as root

type " # adduser "

use good passwords ( some digits or shift-digits !@#$%$^% inthere )

next time , login as you ( user )

egag

Windows is on the box yes. I gotta get off...will reply in morning.

Ok, i made root pass..made a new user (do ppl want password that bad?) then i tried the netconfig....and put my name for name, my site for domain, dhcp or w/e for IP...and still no internet.

as root , type : " #ifconfig "
( you should see 2 interfaces ; lo and eth0 )

are they both there ?

egag

Yep, they are both there.

Maybe a DNS problem ? Could you ping 64.179.4.149 ?

Hello cedrick

I let it run to 100, and they all pretty much said this with a diff time

64 bytes from 64.179.4.149 icmp_seq=96 ttl=49 time=60.7

Hey,

Like magic..the internet works :-D

But whenever i use kopete to sign into aim, ppl that are on flash on..then it says every1 is offline. And i have no sound. at least im getting places

How do i install a kde theme in slack from tar.bz2

1.

unpack the packages with tar jxvf packagename.tar.bz2
2.

change folder to the package folder: cd packagename
3.

configure the package: ./configure
Note

Some packages (notably kdebase) have special configuration options that might be applicable to your installation. Type ./configure --help to see the available options.

4.

build the package: make
5.

install the package: su -c "make install" (if you aren't already root). If you already are, just type make install.


^^ i did all that, but i dont know what to do after

look in the kde control-center ( in " settings " or main menu) under " appearance ".
there should be theme's. also the ones you added.

egag

for sound try to run alsamixer and unmute the volume and pcm. You hit m to unmute or mute. Then raise your levels to where you want. After that and you leave alsamixer, run alsactl store.

If that does not work at all, run alsaconf.